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 | Taiwan political maverick Li Ao attends a news conference in Hong Kong as the last stop of his trip to China September 28, 2005. Li, 70, a member of Taiwan's parliament which is notorious for punch-ups between deputies, gave millions of Chinese Internet users and television viewers an unprecedented taste of the island's free-wheeling democracy last week as he held talks in three top universities in Beijing and Shanghai. click to open  |  | Taiwan political maverick Li Ao speaks at a news conference in Hong Kong as the last stop of his trip to China September 28, 2005. Li, 70, a member of Taiwan's parliament which is notorious for punch-ups between deputies, gave millions of Chinese Internet users and television viewers an unprecedented taste of the island's free-wheeling democracy last week as he held talks in three top universities in Beijing and Shanghai. Chinese characters at the background reads 'cultural journey'. click to open |  | Taiwanese legislator Li Ao gestures before a press conference in Hong Kong Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005. Wrapping up a tour of China, Li praises the Chinese mainland and criticized Taiwan as 'lawless,' but insisted he hadn't toned down his message. Mainland China and Taiwan split amid civil war in 1949, when the ruling Nationalists were driven to Taiwan by the Chinese Communist Party. Li moved from the mainland to Taiwan with his parents then. His recent 12-day tours of China is his first time back. click to open |  | Taiwanese legislator Li Ao attends a press conference in Hong Kong Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005. Wrapping up a tour of China, Li praises the Chinese mainland and criticized Taiwan as 'lawless,' but insisted he hadn't toned down his message. Mainland China and Taiwan split amid civil war in 1949, when the ruling Nationalists were driven to Taiwan by the Chinese Communist Party. Li moved from the mainland to Taiwan with his parents then. His recent 12-day tours of China is his first time back. click to open |  | Taiwanese legislator Li Ao, right, and Liu Changle, chairman and CEO of Phoenix Satellite Television attend a press conference in Hong Kong Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005. Wrapping up a tour of China, Li praises the Chinese mainland and criticized Taiwan as 'lawless,' but insisted he hadn't toned down his message. Mainland China and Taiwan split amid civil war in 1949, when the ruling Nationalists were driven to Taiwan by the Chinese Communist Party. Li moved from the mainland to Taiwan with his parents then. His recent 12-day tours of China is his first time back. click to open |  | Taiwanese legislator Li Ao, right, and Liu Changle, chairman and CEO of Phoenix Satellite Television attend a press conference in Hong Kong Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005. Wrapping up a tour of China, Li praises the Chinese mainland and criticized Taiwan as 'lawless,' but insisted he hadn't toned down his message. Mainland China and Taiwan split amid civil war in 1949, when the ruling Nationalists were driven to Taiwan by the Chinese Communist Party. Li moved from the mainland to Taiwan with his parents then. His recent 12-day tours of China is his first time back. click to open |  | Taiwan author Li Ao waves to students during his speech at Fudan University in Shanghai, September 26, 2005. Li is in Shanghai during his mainland tour, his first trip in 56 years. click to open |  | Author Li Ao accepts gift from students after giving a speech at Tsinghua University in Beijing September 23, 2005. click to open |  | Author Li Ao accepts gift from students after giving a speech at Tsinghua University in Beijing September 23, 2005. click to open |  | Author Li Ao gives a speech at Tsinghua University in Beijing September 23, 2005. click to open |
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